Improvement in fastening-strips or clasps



J.'H. WEAVER. Fastening Strip or Clasp.

No. 219,609. Patented Sept. 16 1879.

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JAMES H. WEAVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPRO\ IEMENT IN FAST ENING-STRIPS OR CLASPS Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 219,609, dated September 16, 1879; applicationfiled November 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAM Es H. WEAVER, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new, useful, and Im provedFasteningStrip or Clasp, of which the following, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

In'the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a fastening-strip or claspembodying my invention; Fig. 2, a section in the plane of the line as a,Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a perspective representing a modification in themanner of securing the tongue.

By this means a comparatively stiff but fiexi-.

ble tongue, at, is formed, which I bend back upon itself, as shown.

B is a metallic loop, consisting, preferably, of wire, and arrangedwithin the fold of the tongue to, so that the loop and tongue may bereadily disconnected from each other by lifting up or raising the end ofthe tongue sufficiently for that purpose.

I brush the under face of the strip A, at or near its opposite end, withmucilage or other adhesive material which will become dry thereon andretain its adhesive property and become adhesive when moistened. It isimmaterial, however, which face of the strip is thus rendered adhesive,as will hereinafter more fully appear. I then loop the broad end of thestrip A through the loop B, and stick that end to the face of the strip,thus permanently fastening the metallic loop to said end, as representedin Fig. 1. This may be done, however, before the mucilage on the end tobe per- 31311611131} fastened to the metallic loop becomes To use thisfastening or clasp, I arrange it about a package or bundle, asrepresented in Fig. 1, wherein the broken lines indicate the bundle.When the size of the package to be fastened is known, or when clasps areto be made for packages of'known and uniform size, the length of thestrip A may be made to correspond thereto in length, and in such casesthe loop B may be permanently secured to the broad end of the strip, inthe manner described,

before the strip is applied to the package. Af-

ter arranging the clasp about the bundle the tongue a must be passedthrough the loop B and drawn back until the strip is tightened upon thepackage. The tongue a must then be bent down closely upon itself, asshown.

When all the packages to be fastened are intended to be of the samesize, it will be found that the tongue to may be drawn a greater or lessdistance through the loop B, according as there may be greater or lessunintentional variation in the size of the packages.

My chief object, however, is to make a fastening-strip or clasp whichmay be applied to packages or bundles promiscuously, without regard tothe size of the packages, and Without special care as to the length ofthe strips or clasps; and for this purpose I leave the broad end of thestrip A free or detached until after the fastening is applied to thepackage, when I pass that end up through the loop B, and then draw theend back untilthe strip is made sufficiently tight, upon'the package,when I moisten the coating of dry .mucilage on that end and stick theend to the face of the strip, it being understood that for this pur posethe mucilage is allowed to become dry before the strip is applied touse, and before the loop B is permanently secured to the strip. Thepackage will thus be securely fastened, but may be unfastened at anytime by simply raising the tongue at for that purpose. It may also beagain fastened by arranging the tongue a" in its original position.

When the surfaces of the packages are smooth and even, it is possiblethat the fastening might slip off, but to prevent such a possibility Ideem it preferable to make a patch of dry mu cilage on the strip, asindicated by the shaded portion shown at. b, so that the strip may becaused to there adhere to the wrapper of the package. a

It will be perceived that by loosening the clasp A the contents of thepackage may be the flexible stiffening a, and the loop B, a11 examined,and the Wrapper again fastened by arranged, substantially as specified,with relameans of the clasp. tion to each other, for the purposesspecified. Having thus described my invention, What JAMES H. WEAVER.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- Witnesses:

ters Patent, is- MARTIN BEEM,

The combination of the continuous strip A, D. F. FLANNERY.

